Education
2018 Master of Fine Art with Excellence – UNSW Art & Design, Sydney
1998 Diploma of Graphic Design, Enmore Design Centre, TAFENSW, Sydney
1994 Diploma of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
Professional Practice
Present – 1995 Practicing Artist
Present – 2016 Executive Secretary Committee Member, Australian Watercolour Insitute
Present – 2022 Board Member, Hazlehurst Gallery
Present – 2022 Panel Member, St Georges River Council - Public Art Advisory
2023 Judge, Kedumba Drawing Award
2023 - 2008 Arts Manager & Educator, St George School of Fine Art, TAFE NSW
2023 - 2018 Arts Manager & Educator, Ceramic Design Studio, Gymea, TAFE NSW
Exhibitions
2023 Flowing Water - 2023 Taoyuan International Watercolor Biennale, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2023 AWI,100th Anniversary Exhibition, Lion Gate Lodge, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia
2023 Gesture, Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, Australia
2023 Ravenswood Austraalian Women's Art Prize, Sydney, Australia
2023 Blue Note, Slot Gallery, Alexandria, Australia
2022 AWI, 99th Annual Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Paddington, Australia
2021 Splash McClelland Contemporary Watercolour Award, McClelland Sculpture Park & Gallery, Vic, AUS
2021 AWI, 98th Annual Exhibition: Taiwan-Australia International Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Paddington, Australia
2021 - 2023 Regional Tour, Dobell Drawing Prize 22#,
- Gosford Art Gallery NSW, Logan Art Gallery QLD
- Bank Art Museum Moree NSW, Cowra Regional Art Gallery NSW
- Griffith Regional Art Gallery NSW, Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery NSW
2021 Dobell Drawing Prize 22#, National Art School, Sydney, Australia
2019 International Exhibition, Taiwan Watercolour Award Exhibition, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taiwan
2019 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, Sydney, Australia
2019 Australian Watercolour Institute 96th Annual Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Sydney, Australia
2018 Splash McClelland Contemp. Watercolour Award 2018, McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, VIC, Australia
2018 Tibetan Vision, Museum of Toscolano Maderno, Italy
2018 AWI, 95th Annual Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Paddington, Australia
2018 Biennial Int. Prize “Marche dÁcqua” Fabriano Watercolour, Paper & Watermark Museum of Fabriano, Italy
2018 Flux, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2017 AWI, 94th Annual Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Paddington, Australia
2017 Eternal, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 XII International Watercolour Biennial, The Alfredo Guati-Rojo National Watercolour Museum, Mexico City.
2017 Fusion Chinese/Australian Art Exhibition, ARO Gallery, Sydney
2017 Alternate States, Gallery 49, Sydney, Australia
2016 Season Fray, Wellington Street Project Space, Sydney, Australia
2016 Ephemeral Inscriptions, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016 Fusion Chinese/Australian Art Exhibition, Desheng Art Museum, Shunde, China
2016 Macquarie Group Emerging Art Award. Sydney, Australia
2016 Tim Olsen Drawing Award, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016 Kedumba Drawing Award, Orange Regional Gallery, Australia
2016 AWI, 93rd Annual Exhibition. Juniper Hall, Paddington, Australia
2015 Experiments of the Curious Goings On, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2015 AWI, 92nd Annual Exhibition, Gosford Regional Gallery, Australia
2015 Street Stories, Delmar Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015 Looking Out/Looking In, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015 Kedumba Drawing Award, Orange Regional Gallery, Australia
2014 Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Art Centre, Australia
2013 W&N Emerging Art Award, UNSW Art & Design Galleries, Sydney, Australia
Membership
Current – 2015 Australian Watercolour Institute (AWI)
Collections
2019 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art, Australia
2018 Paper & Watermark Museum of Fabriano, Italy
2016 The Kedumba Collection of Drawings, Australia
2016 The Macquarie Group Collection, Australia
Awards
2023 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize. Professional Artist Category. Finalist
2021 Splash McClelland Contemporary Watercolour Award, Finalist.
2021 Dobell Drawing Prize 22#. Finalist
2019 2019 KAAF Art Prize. Semi-Finalist
2019 3rd Taiwan Watercolour Award Exhibition. Finalist
2019 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize. Emerging Artist Category, Winner
2018 Splash McClelland Contemporary Watercolour Award 2018. Finalist
2018 Biennial International Prize “Marche dÁcqua” Fabriano Watercolour. Finalist
2016 Kedumba Drawing Award. Collected
2016 The Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Highly Commended & People's Choice Award
2016 Tim Olsen Drawing Award, Finalist
2015 Kedumba Drawing Award, Finalist
2014 Fishers Ghost, Drawing/Printmaking Award. Finalist
2013 Winsor & Newton Emerging Art Prize. Highly Commended Award
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